Do we have a submerged ‘Doggerland‘ in New Zealand? In 1950 a boat, the HMNZS ‘Lachlan’ dredged a sample of “lignite” from …
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New Zealand plant fossils
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Curio Bay - New Zealand's Jurassic Fossil Forest
How Much Carbon Dioxide was in the Atmosphere of New Zealand’s Jurassic Curio Bay Fossil Forest?
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleHow do you figure out how much carbon dioxide was in the atmosphere millions of years ago? In the Jurassic, the fossil …
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Curio Bay - New Zealand's Jurassic Fossil Forest
What latitude did the Jurassic Fossil Forest of Curio Bay grow at?
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe Jurassic fossil forest of Curio Bay today lies almost at the southern tip of New Zealand’s South Island. In the Jurassic, …
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New Zealand plant fossils
New Zealand’s first fossil horsetails in millions of years
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleWith the precious fossils laid out carefully on a sun-hat held in my hands, I took a confident stride from one boulder …
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Curio Bay - New Zealand's Jurassic Fossil Forest
Deciduous Conifers in New Zealand’s Jurassic Fossil Forest at Curio Bay
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleAs you pull up in the car park above the fossil forest at Curio Bay (Pole 1999, 2001, 2004, 2009), there is …
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Curio Bay - New Zealand's Jurassic Fossil Forest
How Tall were the trees in New Zealand’s Jurassic Fossil Forest at Curio Bay?
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleAt Curio Bay near the southernmost point of New Zealand’’s South Island, you can walk around the remains of a Jurassic fossil …
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New Zealand paleobotany
The Lost Forest of the Ashley River, Canterbury, New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleA gem in the heart of Christchurch is Riccarton Bush (sometimes called Deans Bush). It’s a patch of original kahikatea forest, just a …
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New Zealand paleobotany
Phyllocladus fossils from the Miocene of New Zealand, and Cretaceous Protophyllocladus
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleA rare plant fossil in the Miocene Manuherikia Group of New Zealand, is Phyllocladus (the Celery Pine). This is a strange conifer which, instead …
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Curio Bay - New Zealand's Jurassic Fossil Forest
The Biggest Tree Stump in the Curio Bay Jurassic Forest
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleBack in the late 1980s I had the pleasure of meeting the English scientist David Bellamy. Bellamy was famous at the time as …
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New Zealand plant fossils
The Amazing Miocene Fossil Leaf Pack of Mata Creek, New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleI was crouched in a long boat somewhere up a rainforest-swathed river in Kalimatan, Borneo, when I saw it – a ‘living’ …
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